Did you know that the Roaring Twenties saw women dressed in dashing, slim attire, while in 1947 Christian Dior’s fashions highlighted tiny waists and voluminous skirts, and the “feminine fifties,” with emphasis on home and family, put focus on shirtwaist dresses for “the proper woman?”
Did you know that it was glamour girl Louise Brooks who […]

Making their appearance as bell-ringing Santas collecting donations at Christmastime, the Salvation Army offers its services in more than 80 countries. Members live frugally, avoid alcohol and tobacco, and offer aid to all who need.
Begun in 1865 through the efforts of Methodist preacher, William Booth, early salvationers were London slum dwellers urged to embrace […]

The popular frog known as Kermit is left handed.
Creamer, the non-dairy kind, is flammable.
It is estimated that 15% of people chew on their toenails.
Dreamt is the only English word ending in the letters mt.
You have to have your back to the sun in order to see a rainbow.
The first use of toilet paper was by […]

If you have received an email stating that the manufacturer of Coca Cola products will give you a free case of soda for forwarding that email to a list of people, the fact is that this message is untrue. Coke does not give away free products to induce people to spam others.
If you […]

MYTH: Catching a chill or going out in cold weather with wet hair will cause one to catch a cold
FACT: A cold is a virus. Despite what anyone tells you, you can only catch a cold by contracting that virus.
MYTH: Drinking milk is bad for a cold
FACT: Many […]

What is the World Series?
The World Series is an annual Major League Baseball Championship in which the team with the best record from the American League plays the top team from the National League in a seven game series. The first team to win four out of seven games wins the World Series. […]

Everyone dreams. Those who claim they do not, merely do not recollect their dreams. Half our dreams are forgotten five minutes after the dream, and after ten minutes we do not remember ninety per cent of it. Everyone dreams a minimum of two hours to a maximum of four hours a night. We spend one […]

Fire was used c.600,000 BC by people moving northward. Evidence of its use was discovered in caves near Beijing where it may have been used to cook or ward off dangerous animals.
Fired Ceramics first occurred after the last ice age, c.30,000 BC. The first fired ceramics were made of clay and shaped into […]

The term “pirate” means one who plunders on the sea. “Sea-Thief” might be a more apt description. Pirates plundered for themselves but, at times, for their governments. Both ancient and modern civilizations that were situated near the sea had to contend with various robbers of the seas.
Ancient Greeks were the first civilization to have a […]

With so many different vitamins and minerals, it is difficult to keep up with the reasons why we need any particular one. Vitamin A is a vitamin that is vital for healthy living, and has many more benefits than you might realize.
Many people know that Vitamin A can maintain healthy vision and improve your eyesight. […]